Women's Books

Bette Franke by David Bellemere

“I can’t get rid of books. It’s almost like having your thoughts [around you]. I want to be hable to hold it. I want to be able to see where the pages were turned down. I grew up in house full of books. Wall to wall” - Keira Knightly

Girls in library wearing tweed, oxford cloth, and Fair Isle knits.

Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, a tiny island in the north of Scotland, that forms part of the Shetland islands. Fair Isle knitting gained a considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) wore Fair Isle tank tops in public in 1921.

Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything!

Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything!

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